Report- El Salvador - dialogues on localizing the post 2015 agenda.pdf

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EL SALVADOR


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During the last decade, the global development agenda has expanded

considerably with the emergence of a wide range of challenges, such as

security, health, employment, migraon and climate change. Although

there are issues of great concern naonally and internaonally, it has be -

come apparent that the local dimension of development is increasingly

intertwined with global issues. For this reason there have been a seriesof consultaons in various countries, including El Salvador, to build the

new Post-2015 Development Agenda. Parcipaon of the people is not

only important as an expression of the aspiraons of development, but

serves also to ensure accountability, inclusive representaon, quality and

sustainability. As the current Secretary General of United Naons Ban Ki

Moon said, as the world strives for a more sustainable path in the years

ahead, parcularly beyond 2015, local voices and local acon will be cru-

cial elements in our quest.


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EL SALVADOR


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2 Localizaon of the Post-2015 Development Agenda - El Salvador

CREDITS

TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT OF PLANNING OF THE PRESIDENCY, El SALVADOR

Alameda Dr. Manuel Enrique Araujo, No. 5500, San Salvador

PBX: (503) 2248-9000 hp://tecnica.presidencia.gob.sv/

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN EL SALVADOR

Blvd. Orden de Malta Sur, edicio de las Naciones Unidas # 2-B,

Anguo Cuscatln, La Libertad

PBX (503) 2209-3500 www.nacionesunidas.org.sv


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AKNOWLEDGEMENTS/ 4

ACRONYMS/ 6

GOVERNMENT PROLOGUE/ 8

UNITED NATIONS PROLOGUE/ 10

FROM DE MDGS TO THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA/ 12

El Salvador: Millenium Development Objecves/ 12

The Post-2015 Development Agenda/ 12

Localizing the Agenda/ 13

METHODOLOGY/ 16

Methodological framework/ 16

Instruments for collang informaon/ 17

Interviews/ 17

Workshops/ 17

Opinion polls/ 18

THE VOICES OF THE CONSULTATION / 20

Parcipang instuons / 20

The Agenda issues/ 24

The implementaon of the Agenda/ 34

The vision of municipalies/ 36

CONCLUSIONS/ 40

BIBLIOGRAPHY/ 44

ANNEXES/ 45


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This consultaon process promoted by the Government of El Salvador,

with support from the UN system in the country, has been possible

thanks to the collaboraon of a large number of public and private in-

stuons and civil society groups that once again have demonstrated a

rm commitment to making headway with the "El Salvador we want."By the same token, we are grateful for the technical and coordina-

on work carried out by the agencies of the UN system and in parcu-

lar the technical team that has led the process of localizaon of the

Post-2015 Development Agenda, facilitang interacons and dialogue

among various sectors of the Salvadoran populaon.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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In the context of the process of building the new devel-

opment agenda, promoted by the United Naons system,

it is important to clarify that the term "LOCALIZING" in this

document refers to the sub-naonal contexts, challenges,

opportunies and involvement of naonal and local govern-

ments in local areas and in all stages of development of the

Post-2015 Development Agenda, from the establishment

of goals and objecves to determine ways of implement-

ing public policies and the use of indicators for monitoring

progress. The shiing of this term to the El Salvador context

means "Delivering the Agenda to Local Areas. However, to

maintain compability with the other countries that make up

the United Naons, the tle of the report "Consultaon for

the localizaon of the Post-2015 Development Agenda" has

been maintained.


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ADEL Community Development Associaon

ADESCO Community Development Associaon

ANDA Naonal Administraon of Aqueducts and Sewerage

CDA Departmental Councils of Mayors

CNR Naonal Registraon Center of the Republic

of El Salvador

COMURES Corporaon of Municipalies of the Republic

of El Salvador

CONASAN Naonal Council on Food Security and Nutrion

CONMIGRANTES Naonal Council for the Protecon and Develop-

ment of the Migrant Individual and its Family

CONNA Naonal Council of Childhood and Adolescence

ECOS Community Teams of Family Health and Specialized

Services

FAES Armed Forces of El Salvador

FISDL Social Investment Fund for Local Development

of El Salvador

FONAVIPO Naonal Fund of Popular Housing of El Salvador

ILP Instute of Legalizaon of Property

INJUVE Naonal Instute for Youth

INSAFORP Salvadoran Instute of Professional Training

ISDEM Salvadoran Instute of Municipal Development


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ISDEMU Salvadoran Instute for the Development of Women

ISSS Salvadoran Instute of Social Security

LEDA Local Economic Development Agency

LGBTTI Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender andintersex

MAG Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

MARN Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources

MDG Millennium Development Goals

MINEC Ministry of Economy

MINED Ministry of Educaon

MINSAL Ministry of Health

MJSP Ministry of Jusce and Public Safety

MRREE Ministry of Foreign Aairs

MTPS Ministry of Labour and Social Security

SSDT Undersecretary of Territorial Development andDecentralizaon

STPP Technical Secretariat and Planning of the Presidency

UES University of El Salvador

UNDP United Naons Development Programme

VMCD Vice Ministry of Cooperaon for Development

VMSALEX Vice Ministry for Salvadorans Abroad

VMVDU Department of Housing and Urban Development


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In El Salvador we have been engaged in longstanding eorts to build

democracy; furthermore, we can point to the achievement of a historic

global milestone, as we showed the way forward in ending a painful

civil war, through a process of dialogue and reconcil iaon, and thereby

embarking upon the construcon of a democrac country.

Fourteen years since the signing of the Mil lennium Declaraon, we

have made signicant progress with regard to the Millennium Devel-

opment Goals (MDGs), but as with most developing countries, we sll

face challenges in reducing poverty and social inequality and in creang

suitable condions so that families can live healthier and safer lives.

In seeking to overcome these challenges, in recent years our coun-

try has taken a lead in driving forward a process of transformaon,

focused on ghng poverty, reducing inequality, social marginalizaon

and injusce while providing a social safety net that enables us to en-

sure universal access to basic social services through a social policy

predicated on gender equity and human rights. In considering progress

that has been made, it is important to highlight the Social Develop-

ment and Social Protecon Law, which underpins the Universal Social

Protecon System, which in turn has ushered in a network of social

policies and strategies that provides basic services for people, focusing

on those segments of the populaon that face greater vulnerability.

Just a year before the Global Summit which is to dene the new

global development agenda, we need to formulate a consensus-based

view of the needs of our respecve populaons. To this end, since

2012 El Salvador has been selected as one of the countries entrusted

with carrying out an unprecedented consultaon process incorporat-

ing thousands of people from contrasng social groups and various

geographical areas, in order to idenfy the key issues that must be ad -

dressed if we are to work together to build the country we want.

In El Salvador, with a view to dening the new post-2015 Devel-

opment Agenda, at this wring two consultaon phases have been

carried out, encompassing representaves from a cross-secon of

GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR


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ROBERTO LORENZANA DURN

Technical Secretary and Planning of the Presidency, Republic of El Salvador

society. The rst round of consultaons gave rise to a naonal vision

in which our country funcons as a catalyst for democracya vision

which, according to the parcipants involved, can be summarized as

"An El Salvador that is fair, inclusive and free from discriminaon and

violence, ensuring equal opportunies and rights for everyonea so-

ciety in which girls and boys are well-educated and happy.

During a second stage of this process, consultaons focused on

"Taking the Agenda to Local Areas", i.e., applying issues idened at

the naonal level to the municipalies. The input obtained through the

views of our cizens regarding our public and private instuons and

parcularly local governments constute emerging issues that will be

addressed in the course of formulang the new post-2015 Millennium

Development Goals.

In this regard, I would like to draw your aenon to the important

role played by municipalies in tandem with the naonal government,

in this process of "Taking the Post-2015 Development Agenda" to local

areas, and its centrality in terms of channeling the will of society in the

direcon of achieving public policies that are rooted in the respecve

regions of our country and which serve to reduce social inequalies

and inequies. Only by working together can we build, from the local

level up, a country in which all Salvadoran men and women can lead

full and dignied lives, reecng their ability to choose their own paths

towards peace and development.

In this paper, we rearm our willingness to work together with the

United Naons in dening and implemenng the new Post-2015 De-

velopment Agenda. The results presented here were obtained through

the parcipaon of representaves of Salvadoran society as a whole.

We hope that this document will help to ensure that the new de-

velopment paradigm will be transformave, comprehensive and inclu-

sive regarding high priority issues for countries such as migraon, cli-

mate change, food security and public security, albeit also by casng a

spotlight on social exclusion and social inequalies, both in the region

and throughout the world.

The agenda makes it incumbent on both the government and the

whole of Salvadoran society to join forces to build the kind of country

that we long to achieve; to put people at the center of public policy;

and to face the challenges that sll need to be addressed as we en-

deavor to overcome inequality and marginalizaon in our eorts to

secure dignied lives for all Salvadoran men and women.


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El Salvador can pride itself on being a dynamic country with a hard-

working and commied populace. These qualies have once again

been evidenced by the engagement and willingness to work on the

part of public instuons and the general public; these eorts reect

the consultaon phase for the localizaon of the Post-2015 Develop-

ment Agenda.

As the date set by the 191 signatory naons of the Millennium

Declaraon, with a view to fulling the eight Millennium Development

Goals by 2015, becomes ever closer, countries have rearmed their

determinaon on the global stage to the task of building a more inclu-

sive, fair and sustainable world, and with new goals referred to as the

Post-2015 Development Agenda.

In 2014 El Salvador was selected for the parcipaon and consul-

taon process that will priorize issues of interest to that country and

the world with regard to territories and their peoples.

This document contains the proposals, opinions and mechanisms

for ensuring the eecve implementaon of the Post-2015 Develop-

ment Agenda in El Salvador. It also provides a proposal for implemen-

taon in each part of the country, indicang how these iniaves are

to be pursued by every instuon, whether public or pr ivate, as well as

personally understood and embraced by each individual.

As an essenal element, steps must be taken to ensure that the

new Agenda encompasses all cizens, in line with the Millennium Dec-

laraon: "We resolve therefore () to work collecvely for more inclu-

UNITED NATIONS


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ROBERTO VALENT

Resident Coordinator of the U.N. System and UNDP El Salvador Resident Representative

sive polical processes, allowing genuine parcipaon by all cizens

in all our countriesan outcome which will only possible through theimplementaon of the acons pursued by the Agenda from the grass

roots level. These dynamic eorts by municipalies within the naonal

and internaonal agendas had already been regarded as fundamentally

important since the Rio +20 summit and the 2013 Busan Declaraon.

I would like to give special recognion to the leadership of the

Deputy Minister for Development Cooperaon and the Technical and

Planning Secretariat of the Oce of the President in this process, as

well as the Associaon of Municipalies of El Salvador in catalyzingthe parcipaon of local governments that have channeled territorial

aspiraons through soluons at the municipal level.

To the civil society and the general public who have parcipated

in the process with enthusiasm and commitment, I oer my sincere

congratulaons for your commendable eorts.


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According to the Human Development Report 2014 (UNDP, 2014), El

Salvador is one of the Lan American countries that increased its HDI

between 1990 and 2013. In addion, there have been major advances in

most of the indicators associated with achieving the Millennium Devel-

opment Goals (MDGs) set by the Millennium Summit held in 2000 in New

York. Among the most signicant indicators, we can note the decline in

infant mortality, which decreased from 52 per thousand live births to 19

in the period 2003-2008. Moreover, investment in social protecon hasgrown from 2.2 billion US dollars (USD) in 2005 to 181,870,000 in 2013,

and naonal coverage for primary educaon rose from 86 per cent in

2000 to 93.1 per cent in 2012 (Aachments: Table 1).

However, one nding to have emerged from the rst phase of con-

sultaons of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, linked to the MDGs,

showed that very few of the parcipants surveyed know the context

of these objecves. While much of the populaon has beneted and

recognizes progress in certain areas, those consulted on this issue sll

observe signicant challenges to be overcome if they are to maximize

EL SALVADOR: MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES their development potenal. As part of the framework of the newconsultaons, an opinion poll was conducted at the University of El

Salvador. Students, teachers and non-teaching sta noted the great

challenges facing the country, such as educaon, poverty and the de-

terioraon of the environment. They focused on making the next Post-

2015 Development Agenda inclusive, equitable and suited to the real

needs of the Salvadoran populaon.

THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

The need to consider cizenship resulted in the construcon of a na-

onal proposal for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This agenda

is a reformulaon of the MDGs adapted to changing mes with goals

emanang from the true needs of all naons. El Salvador is one of the

countries that has contributed to the conguraon of the proposed

new targets through naonal consultaon processes.

As a result of the rst phase of consultaon for the Post-2015 De-

velopment Agenda, more than 4,500 people in El Salvador parcipated

TO THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

According to the Human Development Report 2014 (UNDP, 2014), El Salvador isone of the Latin American countries that increased more its Human DevelopmentIndex between 1990 and 2012 (an increase of 0.152).


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in the creaon of the exercise entled "The World We Want". In the

group of parcipants we included six segments of society tradion-

ally excluded from public debate and development acvies, namely:

youth, women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilies, and LG-

BTTI. The proposals formed the basis for developing a joint vision for

the country and 9 themes that aim to achieve a high degree of human

development for all people, especially those who are tradionally ex-

cluded. The themes are shown in gure one.

LOCALIZING THE AGENDA

El Salvador was selected, along with thirteen other countries (three

from Lan America), for the process called "Localizing the Post-2015

Development Agenda". This process is combined with other issues be-

ing addressed globally, such as aid for eecve capacity building and

instuon-building, and consists in focusing on the views of individu-

als at the local level and considering their contribuon to human de-

velopment.

The new localizing exercise was designed to enhance the parcipa-

on of local stakeholders, parcularly the local government, so as to

validate and propose ways and means of ensuring how every segmentof the populaon, public and private instuons, and civil society can

contribute to the fulllment of new objecves set for post-2015. The

localizaon phase was aimed at dening how to implement these is-

sues at the local level and determining how local authories can give

primacy to the development of their local areas, without sacricing

support from the instuons of the naonal government which can

contribute to consolidang these eorts from the grass roots level.

To this end, during the months of May, June and July 2014, the

methodological design was formulated and six regional workshops

were held in San Salvador/La Libertad, La Paz, Sonsonate, Usulutn, La

Unin and Morazn. At the request of college students from the state

university, an addional workshop was held at the University of El Sal-

vador, which marked an invaluable contribuon insofar as it reected

the opinion of Salvadoran youth.

Taking into account the fact that local governments are of preemi-

nent importance in the localizaon process, in coordinaon with the

Associaon of Municipalies of the Republic of El Salvador -COMURES,

interviews and meengs were held with local governments, represent-

ing the Departmental Commiees of Mayors -CDA, territorial bodies

that bring together all municipalies in each of the 14 departments.

The parcipaon of local governments in the workshop for the mu-nicipalies had as its main input the aspiraons of the public sector,

economy, society, and academia that had previously been consulted,

and which facilitated the task by addressing the very condions en-

countered by local governments in providing the municipal services.

The dierence in the municipalies helped idenfy limits and param-

eters as well as casng light on regional imbalances and the need to

seek a more equitable regional development.

The contribuons and views of the parcipants were forceful and

took account of the fact that the priories and common themes focus

on strengthening the administraon of municipalies in their eortsto respond to the needs expressed by their inhabitants. The issues of

health, educaon and values, public safety and jobs were the most re-

current themes. One emerging theme was migraon, because while

this is indeed the case, to the extent that people live abroad and send

remiances, with the aendant improvement in the living condions

of some residents, there is concern about the "depopulaon" of mu-

nicipalies, especially in the north and east of the country.

In addion to interviews given by key civil servants, support giv-

en by the instuons of the naonal government (VMCD, STP, MARN,

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MINED, MINEC, MAG, MRREE, MTPS, MJSP, etc.) was of fundamental im-

portance in the process of regional consultaons, as was the assistance

provided by numerous municipal councils throughout the country.

At the same me, we can highlight the parcipaon of the Govern-

ment of El Salvador through VMCD in the Regions Conference "Dening

the Post-2015 Development Agenda" held in July 2014 in Brussels, Bel-

gium. In it, El Salvador was showcased as an integral and proacve part-

ner in the pursuit of development for its populaon in parcular and

thanks to its contribuon to the global agenda. Meanwhile, COMURES,

through its President, parcipated acvely in the Development Policy

Forum held in June 2014 in Lima, Peru. The event discussed the involve-

ment and commitment of local governments in terms of contribung to

the localizaon of the Agenda.

To this we can add input from sectors of society such as indigenous

peoples, women, youth, persons with disabilies, the LGBTTI group,

seniors, etc. That is why this country report reects the proposals and

views of those consulted, gathering together their concerns in order to

present these to decision makers.


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FIGURE 1

Environment and

Adapng to Climate

Change

Housing and Access

to Water Services

and Sanitaon

Connecvity

and

Accessibility

Food Security and

Nutrion

Prevenve and Curave

Health ServicesMigraon

Decent Work and

Social Protecon

Educaon and

Training in Values

Cizen Security and the

Prevenon of Violence

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METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

The overall objecve of this consultaon process derived from the

results obtained in the previous phase, in which the priories for the

country were dened. At this me the themes were pondered anew,

to and from the grass roots level. The localizaon process sought to

make the transion from proposals to acon, with the inclusive and

mullevel parcipaon designed to reect a vision for the country, but

especially to build a concrete proposal from the perspecve of territo-

rial stakeholders.To strengthen localizaon, the voices of 300 stakeholders repre-

senng various groups of Salvadoran society, parcularly at the local

level, were incorporated. The workshops have also been a forum for

dialogue between the various economic and social sectors and seg-

ments of the populaon in vulnerable condions. Unlike the previous

round of consultaons, each roundtable included the acve presence

of a number of groups, parcularly members of local governments.

The specic objecves involved in this process were:

1. Developing awareness on the part of Salvadorans vis a vis the im-

plicaons and importance of parcipang in the construcon of a

global agenda proposed and implemented at local levels.

2. Converng the Post-2015 Development Agenda into a foundaon

stone for human territorial development in El Salvador, with the

consequent impact on public policy at local and naonal level.

3. Involving those groups with a lower prole in the naonal debate

in the country in order to achieve a pluralist and integral vision for

El Salvador.

4. Raising awareness of the importance of shared responsibility by allsectors of Salvadoran society in ensuring the construcon of "the

country we want," through generang social consensus and stan-

dardizing common views on human development in the territories.

With these objecves and the results reected in the Post-2015

Agenda Report, "The country we want," the process, work plan and

mapping for leading stakeholders from various sectors of society were

designed, as well as tools and instruments designed to capture views

at the naonal and regional level.

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INSTRUMENTS FOR COLLATING INFORMATION

For the "localizaon of the Agenda", the themes and the territorial

approach were the main inputs for the design of instruments, ana-

lyzing how parcipants are to implement and priorize issues at the

territorial level, what are the proposed soluons of the sectors and

individuals consulted and what role will be played by local govern-

ments and naonal agencies in terms of ensuring compliance with the

Post-2015 Development Agenda. This was an important step in terms

of considering the muldimensional approach to the development of

the agenda focused on the territory as a unit of analysis and interven-

on of public policy.Graph 1 shows the disaggregated parcipaon of consultaons for

the localizaon of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, describing the

data collecon instruments used and the geographical area where the

workshops were carried out. The informaon from the workshops was

characterized by broad parcipaon of local stakeholders. Regarding

inputs collected through surveys and interviews, these served to en-

rich and enhance the ndings, with expert opinions on territorial de-

velopment, planning and gender equality, inter alia.

INTERVIEWS

The rst step in the consultaon process was to conduct interviews

with various naonal ocials, which served to canvass opinion about

territorial development, the relaonship between the naonal, so-

cial and producve sectors, and proposals for regional stakeholders

to parcipate more eecvely in the public sphere. Along with these

ideas, interesng proposals were also put forward to ensure that the

Post-2015 Development Agenda was consolidated at all levels, as well

as soluons to possible obstacles that may arise when implemenng

an agenda with these characteriscs (Appendix: Example 4).The interviews were valuable in capturing the role of the naonal

approach in terms of localizing the agenda in municipalies and tradi-

onally excluded segments of the populaon. The expectaons raised

for the Post-2015 Development Agenda were marked by eorts to pur-

sue public policies that are more inclusive, more equitable and espe-

cially designed to oset regional imbalances in those places where the

social and economic environment imposes constraints upon human

development.

WORKSHOPS

To showcase the Agenda, territorial workshops were held in seven de-

partments: San Salvador, La Libertad, La Paz, Usulutn, La Unin, Mora-

zn and Sonsonate, plus workshop for students at the University of El

Salvador who wished to parcipate. At these meengs the sectors tradi-

onally excluded, in addion to those sectors which had already been

taken into account in the previous round of consultaon, were duly

consulted, such as women, youth, persons with disabilies, indigenous

peoples, the elderly etc. However, in aempng to establish linkagesbetween the priority themes and the territory concerned, it became

necessary to include stakeholders such as the private sector, govern-

ment instuons at the naonal level and especially the municipalies.

Faced with the possibility that some people knew lile or noth-

ing about the whole issue of the Agenda, the process facilitator team

designed a simple methodology to present the 9 issues in a straighor-

ward manner, leading to a series of quesons. It therefore designed a

tool that began with an explanaon of the "localizaon of the Agenda".

The contents of each of the issues are contextualized, and nally, the

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GRAPHIC 1

3% Interviews 14% Surveys

11% UES workshop 8% COMURES workshop

9% Morazn workshop 15% Sonsonate workshop

11% La Unin workshop 13% San Salvador/ La Libertad workshop

6% La Paz workshop 10% Usulutn workshop

quesons relang to "how to do it" were custom-tailored by dening

the responsibility and role of each of the parcipants. Matrix 1 shows

how the informaon was captured.

Each workshop developed themac round tables with represen-

taon from the sectors menoned above. Each table addressed an

issue, and proceeded to determine jointly which stakeholders were

best suited to work on that issue, what their role should be as well as

the specic mechanisms to be implemented to achieve this outcome.

Then they raised broader quesons about the Post-2015 Development

Agenda: Obstacles to the implementaon of the Agenda, acons to

take and capacies that needed to be strengthened or created to en-

sure the consolidaon of the proposed topics.

Secretaries and rapporteurs from each table circulated and collect-

ed inputs from other tables. Consequently, it was possible to analyze

the 9 themac issues. Openness to debate, connuing contribuons,

and respect for other ideas were always present in the workshops.

OPINION POLLS

During the localizaon phase of the Agenda, a quesonnaire was de-

signed and administered to several universies, in order to obtainviews on the MDGs, the implementaon of the Agenda, the role of

academia, etc. The results showed inter alia a strong demand from the

student sector and teachers, parcularly to improve the disseminaon

of the issues in the Agenda, as these are issues that can be explored

within the universies themselves, either by carrying out training or

through research, or by becoming agents for change and monitoring

compliance with the naonal agenda issues. (Appendix: Example 3).


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PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS

In the localizaon phase, concrete measures and mechanisms were

proposed to implement and achieve the themes of the Post-2015 De-

velopment Agenda with 300 leaders represenng 120 instuons and

organizaons from various sectors and segments of the populaon

who, through their broad-based representaveness, gave a mighty im-

petus to the results presented in this report.

The parcipants in the various events in these consultaons

helped determine which stakeholders should drive each of the topics,the roles expected of both naonal and municipal instuons, as well

as proposals for mechanisms to allow the implementaon of each of

the issues at the territorial level. The self-assigned roles as individuals,

as cizens and as agents of change in contribung along with their na-

onal and local governments to the task of developing their territories

is also highlighted. The results are shown in box one.

Workshop with municipal councils from dierent departments of the country

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The voices of the consultation

Group Instuons involvedNo. of workshops

attended

Local governments 31 7

Social sectors 29 6

Naonal Government Instuons 19 6

Academy 16 7

Private sector 15 6

Public/private sector 6 5

Municipal Associaons 3 6

Internaonal Organizaons 1 2

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BOX 1

Local governments

Alcalda Municipal de Anamors (Depto. La Unin)

Alcalda Municipal de Azacualpa (Depto. Chalatenango)

Alcalda Municipal de C aluco (Depto. Sonsonate)

Alcalda Municipal de Chilanga (Depto. Morazn)

Alcalda Municipal de Cinquera (Depto. Cabaas)

Alcalda Municipal de Ciudad Delgado (Depto. San Salvador)

Alcalda Municipal de Comasagua (Depto. La Libertad)

Alcalda Municipal de El C armen (Depto. Cuscatln)

Alcalda Municipal de Santa Elena (Depto. Usulutn)

Local governments

Alcalda Municipal de Guaymango (Depto. Ahuachapn)

Alcalda Municipal de Huizcar (Depto. La Libertad)

Alcalda Municipal de Inpuc (Depto. La Unin)

Alcalda Municipal de Juapa (Depto. Cabaas)

Alcalda Municipal de Potonico (Depto. Chalatenango)

Alcalda Municipal de San Bartolom Perulapa (Depto. Cuscatln)

Alcalda Municipal de San D ionisio (Depto. Usulutn)

Alcalda Municipal de San Francisco Morazn (Depto. Chalatenango)

Alcalda Municipal de San Francisco Menndez (Depto. Ahuachapn)

Alcalda Municipal de San Jos De La Fuente (Depto. La Unin)

Alcalda Municipal de San Julin (Depto. Sonsonate)

Alcalda Municipal de San Marn (Depto. San Salvador)

Alcalda Municipal de San Sebasn (Depto. San Vicente)

Alcalda Municipal de Santa Clara (Depto. San Vicente)

Alcalda Municipal de Santa Tecla (Depto. La Libertad)

Alcalda Municipal de Santo Domingo (Depto. Sonsonate)

Alcalda Municipal de Soci edad (Depto. Morazn)

Alcalda Municipal de Usulutn (Depto. Usulutn)

Alcalda Municipal de Yamabal (Depto. Morazn)

Alcalda Municipal Puerto del Triunfo (Depto. Usulutn)

Alcalda Municipal San Luis La Herradura (Depto. La Paz)

Alcalda Municipal Sanago Nonualco (Depto. La Paz)

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Naonal Government Instuons

Consejo Nacional para la Proteccin y Desarrollo de la Persona Migrante

y su Familia (CONMIGRANTES)

Consejo Nacional de Atencin Integral a la Persona con Discapacidad (CONAIPD)

Fondo de Inversin Social para el Desarrollo Local (FISDL)

Gobernacin polca departamental de La Unin

Instuto Nacional de la Juventud (INJUVE)

Instuto Salvadoreo de desarrollo de la Mujer (ISDEMU)

Instuto Salvadoreo de Desarrollo Municipal (ISDEM)

Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadera (MAG)

Ministerio de Juscia y Seguri dad Pblica (MJSP)

Ministerio de Economa (MINEC)

Ministerio de Educacin (MINED)

Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (MARN)

Ministerio de Trabajo

Secretaria de Inclusin Social - Ciudad Mujer

Secretaria Tcnica y de Planicacin de la Presidencia (STPP)

Subsecretara de Desarrollo Territorial (SSDT)

Viceministerio de Cooperacin al Desarrollo (VMCD)

Viceministerio para los Salvadoreos en el Exterior (VMSALEX)

Viceministerio de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano

Social sectors

Movimiento Social Morica

Patronato para el Desarrollo de las Comunidades de Morazn y San Miguel

(PADECOMSM)

Pueblos Originarios Lencas

Red Oztatleca de jvenes

Social sectors

Alianza Lencas, Uluas y Nonualcos

Alianza para el Buen Vivir, la Paz y la Sustentabilidad

Asociacin de cuencas del Golfo de Fonseca (ACUGOLFO)

Asociacin Alternava para el Desarrollo Integral de las Mujeres (ADIM)

Asociacin Comunal de Mujeres de Morazn (ACMM)

Asociacin Cooperava de Produccin Agropecuaria Huiscoyol (ACPAHUI)

Asociacin de Lisiados de Guerra de El Salvador (ALGES)

Asociacin de mujeres Zensotlat

Asociacin de personas con Discapacidad Acajutla

Asociacin Nueva Vida Pro-Niez y Juventud

Asociacin Promotora de Productores y Empresarios Salvadoreos (PROESA)

Centro Especial para Sordos Carlos S. Langenegger

Comunidad Planta Nuevo Sonsonate

Coordinadora Nacional de Pueblos Originarios de El Salvador

Fundacin Campo

Fundacin Santa Teresa (FST) Los Nonualcos

Fundacin Segundo Montes

Fundacin para el Desarroll o Educavo Morazn en Accin (FUNDEMAC)

Global Call to Acon against Poverty (GCAP)

INTERVIDA Osicala

Los Pasos del Jaguar

Mdicos del Mundo

Movimiento de Juventudes Ro+Vos, El Salvador

Movimiento de mujeres MMV

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Private sector

Asociacin Cooperava de Produccin Pesquera Tiburoneros de Alta Mar R.L

(ACPETAMAR)

Artesanas de barro negro (ADBAN)

Asociacin de Desarrollo Tursco (ASDETUR)

Asociacin de regantes Nueva Espaa

Asociacin Nueva Vida

Cmara de comercio lial La Unin

Comit de Desarrollo Tursco de Conchagua

Comit de Desarrollo Tursco las Tunas

Academy

Universidad de El Salvador:a. Asamblea General Universitaria

b. Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Socia-

les

Escuela Superior de Economa y Negoci os (ESEN)

Fundacin de exalumnos del Instuto Tecnolgico de Usulutn (FUNDAITU)

Instuto Tecnolgico de Usulutn (ITU)

Universidad Centroamrica Jos Simen Caas (UCA)

Universidad Don Bosco (UDB)

Universidad Dr. Andrs Bello - Sonsonate y San Miguel - (UAB)

Universidad Evanglica de El Salvador (UEES)

Universidad Internacional Flotante Libre para La Paz

Universidad Francisco Gavidia (UFG)

Universidad Gerardo Barrios Usulutn y San Miguel (UGB)

Universidad Modular Abierta Sonsonate (UMA)

Universidad Sonsonate (USO)Municipal Associaons

Asociacin de Municipios Los Nonualcos (ALN)

Asociacin de Municipios del Valle de San Andrs (AMUVASAN)

Corporacin de Municipios de la Repblica de El Salvador (COMURES)

Public/private sector

Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Local, ADEL Morazn

Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Local, ADEL La Libertad

Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Local, ADEL La Unin

Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Local, ADEL Sonsonate

Agencia de Desarrollo Econmico Local, ADEL Usulutn

Sistema de Actores Locales para el Desarrollo de la Cuenca del Ro Torola, SAD

Internaonal Organizaons

Iniciava Conjunta de Migracin y Desarrollo (ICMD)

Financiada por la UE, COSUDE y ejecutado por PNUD

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Private sector

Cooperava El Lobo

Cooperava el Tamarindo

Federacin de pescadores Artesanos de Puerto el Triunfo (FECOPAPET)

Joven emprendedor

Mujeres empresarias

Promocin del Desarrollo Econmico y del Turismo (PRODETUR)

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THE AGENDA ISSUES When assigning roles, the need for clarity was emphasized whenidenfying instuons and ocials, who were assigned the role of

generators and coordinators of public policies aimed at achieving a dy-

namic economy that generates decent jobs for the populaon, with

aendant social safety nets for workers.

The stakeholders of civil society organizaons have the responsibil-

ity to organize and demand the fulllment of human and labor rights,

and should be proacve in creang proposals for the Ministries of La-

bor, Economy and Agriculture. Their support for the populaon should

be transparent in order to ensure credibility.

Academia is regarded as the enty that conducts research and that

provides training according to the needs and demands of the popula-

on. Academia has been assigned the task of supporng the produc-

ve sector in its demands for developing the innovaon and technol-

ogy required to enhance the capabilies of the country. Last but not

least, the private sector's role is to generate decent employment, pro-

viding adequate human condions and respecng human and labor

rights, especially for women workers.

The parcipants felt that the central government should conduct

a labor reform emerging from a consultaon exercise involving key

stakeholders through workshops and roundtables. They also asked to

connue with the creaon of more public spaces and the use of exist-

ing forums, encouraging the development of entrepreneurial skills in

young people through adequate budgetary allocaon for the needs of

new entrepreneurs. The process of labor reform would aim to ensure

a transformaon of corporate culture through public policies that have

an intercultural and plurinaonal vision.

Similarly, for organized society and the private sector and the gov-

ernment, a proposal was put forward regarding the creaon of a coun-

cil of labor comptrollers, in an eort to monitor new labor reforms

and evaluate those reforms which are already being implemented

within the private and public enes. Similarly, steps should be taken

Decent Work and Social Protecon

Parcipants in the workshops of San Salvador, La Libertad, La Paz and

the University of El Salvador, idened naonal instuons that were

important in terms of the issue of Decent Work and Social Protecon.

They agreed on idenfying the naonal government along with the

ministries responsible (MINED, MTPS, MINEC, MAG) and local govern-

ments as key enes. They menoned universies as support en-

es and they singled out indigenous peoples, NGOs, trade unions and

private companies, as territorial stakeholders. Private enterprise has

been assigned the role of ensuring decent employment and this group

refers to cooperaves, producer associaons, and micro and small en-

terprise. Other instuons menoned are the Legislature, the Salva-

doran Social Security Instute (ISSS), Naonal Instute of Vocaonal

Training (INSAFORP), as guarantors of the good health and the rights of

workers. The CDAs are the stakeholders that should handle the moni-

toring of decent employment. They call on the various relevant orga-

nizaons of the internaonal community to support the generaon of

sustainable economies that allow for the generaon of employment

and inclusion of informal workers, youth, people with disabilies and

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to encourage employers and employees to be parcipants and to be

accountable for the system of rights and responsibilies within their

respecve spheres of competence. Such an approach would make it

possible to carry out joint and coordinated acvies in this area, in an

eort to build understandings that provide adequate condions and

ensure respect for the human rights of individuals, be they workers or

employers.

Finally, the civil society sector believes that the welfare system

should priorize the crical stages of the life cycle of individuals, pro-

mote entry-level job policies for young people and involve workers in

the arts and culture.

enty responsible for the legalizaon of land ownership, in addion to

the ILP. It is believed that parcipants are familiar with the instuons

related to housing and the environment and can clearly dene their

respecve areas of responsibility.

Regarding the role to be played by each of the instuons, VMVDU

is assigned the role of lead agency for housing policy, while MARN is

concerned with the righul implementaon of a system of sanitaon

and environmental care. It was specied that the CNR and ILP are re-

sponsible for facilitang the process of legalizaon for the formalizing of

deeds. Local governments were appointed as facilitators and operators

in the implementaon of programs and projects on issues related to ac-

cess to water and sanitaon, and the management of the subdivisions.

FISDL, FONAVIPO and the Social Housing Fund were assigned the

role of co-nancing loans for house purchases and improving the en-

vironment, in addion to implemenng projects aimed at community

development. ANDA's work is to provide and regulate water services

by working with the water boards, which are responsible for the ad-

ministraon and maintenance of water resources in some municipali-

es. Finally, civil society such as ADESCO and other enes are respon-

sible for enforcing the access to water for local stakeholders, while the

internaonal cooperaon authories should take acon to provide the

technical and nancial services that the territory requires.

Parcipants pointed to the need for decentralizaon of State agen-

cies as well as of the resources needed to ensure that municipalies can

monitor development projects at the territorial level. Locally, the coordi-

naon of interagency round tables for local stakeholders was requested

in order to improve municipal management and planning through the

oces of the CDA and to carry out research on water availability and

water quality, in coordinaon with the MARN and MAG . With regard to

water, the social sector menoned the importance of ensuring healthy

water for cizens, which inter alia presupposes acon to monitor metal

mining in order to avoid contaminang water sources.

Housing and Access to Water Services and Sanitaon

The two workshops which discussed housing had points in common,

and they declared that VMVDU Social Investment Fund for Local Devel-

opment (FISDL) and municipal governments are key instuons in the

eld of housing and access to water and sanitaon. They also pointed

to other stakeholders such as ADESCOS, MINSAL, MARN, ANDA and

water boards. They stressed the importance of the work performed

by the water boards and the support provided by the internaonal

cooperaon authories. Other instuons menoned were the Social

Housing Fund, FONAVIPO, and the Naonal Record Center -CNR, the

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Another important point had to do with management in order to

ensure that the private sector can fulll corporate social responsibil-

ity through the creaon of forums for parcipaon, environments

conducive to Community Improvement and discussion on issues of

importance to all stakeholders at local, business, and naonal levels.

Parcipants also raised the need for beer disseminaon of concepts

and proposals for development projects and capacity building for sus-

tainable management and water management.

The parcipants raised the need to have access to decent housing

with hospitable environments along with the necessary basic services

for families; they also stressed the need for funding to be provided

(with interest rates in line with income) and for ownership of proper-

es to be duly recorded for households.

contribute to the promoon of municipal policies. In terms of orga-

nized society, reference was made to NGOs, private business, among

them cooperaves and banking. Other stakeholders menoned were

the MINED, the ENA, the VMVDU, MARN, the internaonal cooperaon

authories, social organizaons and the family as a key enty through

which proper nutrional habits. Note the importance of CONASAN as

a leader in this area, although CONASAN was not known by the parci-

pants due to its recent creaon.

On the role that every stakeholder should play in the process of

policy implementaon, it is believed that public instuons should

play a technical role, providing specialized and producve agricultural

support, as well as being the organizer of public and regulatory policy,

and guarantor of incenves for the producon and markeng of agri -

cultural products. Public enes were also assigned the role of moni-

tors to oversee proper food handling, a process which involves the

monitoring of exports and imports and ensuring an ongoing supply of

foods to ensure the food security of the populaon.

The municipalies were asked to create or update exisng data-

bases of land use for farming and containing informaon on the poten-

al for agro- industrializaon.

Stakeholders of organized civil society are expected to coalesce,

organize and exercise supervision over public acon and iniaves,

providing monitoring for the Post- 2015 Development Agenda. They

were also asked to ensure transparency in the use of their own re-

sources. Academia funcons as a researcher and educator in the eld

of agriculture, in addion to raising awareness of the importance of

nutrion and food.

In the private sector, banking is considered the basis for easy loans

on favorable terms for farmers, such as low interest for producon,

while cooperaves coordinate sectors and local stakeholders with the

naonal instuons involved, as well ensuring the proper use of hu-

Food Security and Nutrion

People who parcipated in the workshops stressed the role of the Na-

onal Government ministries and instuons, such as MAG, MINSAL

MINEC or the Agricultural Development Bank (BFA) as guarantors of

food and nutrion security. At the local level, there was agreement

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man, nancial and in-kind resources. The private sector is perceived as

an investor in products that can be placed on the market to guarantee

local economies without compromising food security.

Civil society organizaons recognized the human right to healthy

food, for which the adopon of a Law on Food and Nutrional Sov-

ereignty and Security is required. Also in these workshops, it was

considered that the central government should persevere with such

programs as "Family Farming", promong the producon and mar-

keng of agricultural products, seeking full agro industrializaon of

the sector which, apart from primary producon, will add value to

agricultural products and help create new types of jobs, especially for

youth and women.

Similarly, parcipants stressed the importance of establishing

healthy eang habits in the populaon through awareness of this issue,

reecng these pracces through public policy to promote agriculture

and food security. To achieve these objecves, it was recommended

that joint working round tables be coordinated with all groups that are

directly related to the subject.

The importance of promong access and land tenure, with a gen-

der focus, while recognizing the shared responsibility between men

and women in tasks relang to care and family and community econo-

my, was also taken into account.

Local governments were assigned the role of managers of their ter-

ritories and sources of knowledge regarding producon capacity and

trade. They were tasked with the role of guarantors so that the popula-

on can gain access to central government programs.

Educaon and Training in Values

Public instuons idened were: the MINED, municipal councils, lo-

cal educaonal instuons, the Legislave Assembly and the Houses

of Culture. Also menoned were family, organized society (unions,

churches, NGOs, teachers) and the private sector (schools at all edu-

caonal levels).

Regarding the role that the people involved should play in the pro-

cess of implementaon of public policy, public stakeholders have the

role of creang policies that address the needs of society. This should

also prompt them to review exisng policies and ongoing programs. It

is expected that local governments will support programs that are pro-

moted in the context of educaon policy and which encourage young

people to enter and stay in the educaon system.

The stakeholders of organized society are seen as mulpliers of

values, spokespeople for aspiraons and recipients of knowledge cre-

ated. According to the parcipants, the teachers must constantly up-

date their knowledge and innovaon capabilies, as must educaonal

instuons (including universies) if they are to respond to today's

world and not fall behind. The importance of building inclusive edu-

caon systems with coordinated parcipaon among students, family

and community was underscored.

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The family is considered a cornerstone, as it embodies the exam-

ple that parents give as friends and counselors as well as the values

that should be passed on from one generaon to the next. However,

concerns exist about the changes in the make-up of the current Salva -

doran family, resulng from the strong ow of emigraon with parents

leaving children under the guardianship of others.

Moreover, private enterprise is perceived as being responsible for

generang employment and income. To enhance this role, the popula-

on consulted was assigned responsibility for considering this aspect

in the educaonal curriculum so that the supply of educaonal ser-

vices matches the demand for labor, which increasingly requires the

use of new techniques and the hiring of trained personnel. In this re-

spect, emphasis was placed on the "Company - Center" program as

an example of key programs for coordinang business demand with

educaon in El Salvador.

Among the mechanisms idened in order to ensure that educa-

on can play a key role, we wish to highlight the importance of con-

ducng educaonal reform that ensures the updang of technical edu-

caon, new social values such as human rights, climate change, gender

and other issues; which seeks to promote innovave educaon that is

creave, invenve, and innovave, to preserve the history of El Salva-

dor and recognize ancestral knowledge and pracces.

The creaon or strengthening of connuous training programs and

job training geared toward human resources, with periodic monitoring

and review, was also discussed. Parcipants also considered it neces-

sary to conduct interagency agreements, create advisory round tables

and promote the creaon of student associaons, networks of univer-

sies and educaon commiees to develop annual plans with compli-

ance indicators and deadlines.

Another proposal was the decentralizaon of some acvies of the

educaon porolio, with greater involvement of non-governmental en-

es such as associaons of micro and small enterprises in educaon

commiees, NGOs, schools and private schools. Parcipants stressed

the importance of ensuring the generaon of knowledge channels that

reect the needs of communies, highlighng the importance of mass

campaigns for the disseminaon of values, promong MDG campaigns

and enhancing es with schools while ensuring funding.

Prevenve and Curave Health Services

The workshop parcipants determined that a vital component in this

area was the parcipaon of MINSAL and Community Health Teams

(ECOS). Naonally MINED, MARN, ISSS, MAG, ANDA, the Armed Forces

of El Salvador (FAES) and the Directorate General of Civil Protecon are

also perceived as crucially important. Locally, they all agreed on singling

out local governments together with the Interior Ministry. They also

included the ADESCO, NGOs, and the Social Oversight Council ISDEMU.

Parcipants in various workshops felt that MINSAL should connue

its eorts to provide quality health services that are supporve, acces-

sible and have adequate infrastructure. They stressed the need to raise

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MINED or FAES should have a role in prevenve health educaon, ANDA

ought to ensure the quali ty and quanty of water, while Civil Protecon

has the responsibility to respond to disaster emergencies.

The municipalies and the provincial government are key stake-

holders for parcipants, given the need to ensure funding of health

projects and build medical clinics in communies and municipalies.

Priority is given to the comprehensive protecon of children in cases

of naonal emergency or public disasters based on the principle of the

best interests of the child in the Convenon on the Rights of the Child

(CRC). Meanwhile the ADESCOS and NGOs would be responsible for

managing and implemenng prevenve health resources in coordina-

on with MINSAL units.

In terms of implementaon, the round tables postulated mecha-

nisms needed to promote public policies to strengthen and streamline

the role of various stakeholders involved with communies. The de-

velopment of an intercultural health policy that recognizes natural and

tradional medicine, as well as convenonal medicine, was noted.

Similarly, the decentralizaon of health services is proposed, which

includes improving the coordinaon of the health policy authories

responsible for the health issue. Management was requested for allo-

cang more human resources, infrastructure and surgical and hospital

equipment, emphasizing the need to ensure the supply of medicines

in all areas of medicine. For example, there was support for adopng

a precauonary principle for epidemics beyond spraying campaigns,

carrying out lifelong learning processes at the grass-roots level, to pre-

vent the spread of pests that breed diseases (dengue, chikungunya,

etc.) and strengthen health educaon for the public as a primary pre-

venon tool.

Finally, the round tables agreed on the importance of ensuring ac-

cess to health services for all people, taking into account the specic

needs of people with disabilies, older adults, women and others.

Cizen Security and the Prevenon of Violence

Among the idened stakeholders involved in public safety and vio-

lence prevenon, instuons such as MINED, MJSP, MINSAL, munici-

palies and social organizaons (churches, NGOs ADESCOS) were high-

lighted. All of these were menoned in more than one workshop. Other

stakeholders involved were ISDEMU, City/Woman, private enterprise,

the system of private and public security and the family.

Regarding the role of acon, responsibility was given to the mu-

nicipalies to ensure governance, environmental sustainability, in

addion to taking eecve control of land use. MINED was iden-

ed as the agency responsible for disseminang research results at

all levels, promong educaon, self-esteem, cultural identy and

care for the environment. The Ministry of Jusce and Public Secu-

rity (MJSP) is the mediator in maers of civil rights, as well as being

responsible for ensuring compliance with laws, safeguarding public

safety and idenfying loopholes. MINSAL is responsible for perform-

ing programs focused on educaon in mental, physical and psycho-

logical health, while ISDEMU and City/Woman Program were jointly

idened as enes responsible for creang iniaves and projects

in the areas of consciousness-raising, empowerment, and migaon

of domesc violence.

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Instuons such as the Church, NGOs and ADESCO were assigned the

role of acve parcipaon, supporng and engaging with state agencies,

monitoring the role of public and private instuons and documenng

experiences that contribute to the developmental process for El Salva-

dor. The role of the family is crucial to the formaon of ethical, moral

and spiritual values, and to promong standards of living and deepen-

ing the values of responsible fatherhood / motherhood and, given the

structure of the Salvadoran family which is in a state of disrepair, it is im-

portant to strengthen the family, promong values such as responsible

fatherhood and improving the environment in which parents raise their

children. Finally, the private sector is responsible for compliance with tax

contribuons and for oering new employment opportunies, and is in

charge of the creaon of corporate social responsibility programs that

can contribute to reducing levels of violence in the country.

Idened implementaon mechanisms focused on the following

areas: in the central government, parcipants deemed it necessary

to strengthen interagency planning and coordinaon and refocus and

decentralize state resources. Also proposed was the creaon of opera-

onal programs through inclusive agreements that give life choices,

especially to women and youth. Further proposals included the pursuit

of more inclusive management through the parcipaon of the vari-

ous stakeholders involved in the issue of security management. With

regard to the disclosure, knowledge, empowerment and support for

laws that promote values, public safety and entrepreneurship, it was

considered that one way to achieve this objecve is by implemenng

schools to provide training in human rights.

Finally, various civil society groups expressed the need to create a

comprehensive system of protecon and care for vicms of violence in

all its forms and manifestaons, providing for assistance and counsel-

ing, reparaons, family support, and producve economic opportuni-

es to ensure recovery and rehabilitaon for vicms.

Environment and Adapng to Climate Change

To focus on the environmental issue, the parcipants in the workshop

idened a number of stakeholders and instuons involved. These in-

cluded the Naonal Government with the following ministries: MARN,

MINED, MINSAL and MAG, as well as municipalies. So far as civil so-

ciety organizaons are concerned, we can highlight NGOs and com-

munity organizaons such as the Water Boards (which number about

2,000 naonwide).

Regarding their role in spotlighng this issue, public instuons

are seen as responsible for generang management capabilies within

the territories. They also have a responsibility to promote standards

and create public policies for the protecon and preservaon of the

environment, as well as to raise awareness of the causes and eects of

climate change. Likewise, they are assigned the role of independently

disseminang the environmental laws and regulaons in force in El Sal-

vador. Local governments are perceived as enforcers and generators

of environmental regulaons (bylaws) that meet the needs of the terri-

tory where they exercise their governance, engage in land use planning

and enforce the laws in their territories.

It is expected that various stakeholders of civil society will exert

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so they must make a commitment to acvely parcipang in the re-

sponsible management of natural resources and to serving as guaran-

tors of the implementaon of environmentally friendly best pracces

through eorts to raise public awareness.

NGOs are expected to act as facilitators supporng iniaves aris-

ing from the territories without seeking to inuence the decisions of

the people and respecng civic parcipaon, interests and decisions.

Among the mechanisms idened, we can highlight the creaon of

round tables of understanding to coordinate eorts between various

government ministries working in the territories, in addion to stan-

dardizing mechanisms of local government in regard to environmental

issues and climate change adaptaon. To this end, parcipants pro-

pose the creaon of risk management capabilies and other environ-

mental issues within communies through organizaon and training,

giving importance to the recognion and teaching of ancient pracces

for those inhabitants that are friendliest to the environment (recovery

of species, mangrove planng, etc.).

Parcipants suggest that communies should be made aware of

the territories and regard the environment and climate change as im-

portant issues on the agendas of local governments, focusing on the

process of disseminaon for the protecon and adaptaon to climate

change, that have already been agreed through joint round tables and

mechanisms that have emerged from these round tables. The groups

that make up the territory, including local governments, should estab-

lish priories and intervene when the occasion requires with imple-

mentaon plans for the short and long term, conducng high level

negoaons to obtain a budget that meets the needs of local govern-

ments and the ministry in charge of environmental issue.

Finally, the operaon of the Environmental Tribunals for the pros-

ecuon of cases of environmental damage and violence to nature and

communies was discussed.

Connecvity and Accessibility

In this issue, proposals have focused on the area of transportaon and

to a lesser degree on computer connecvity.

Stakeholders idened as being involved in this process included

the various instuons of government, with parcular emphasis on

VMVDU, as well as local governments, the users of public transport

and local and regional transport. Parcipants also agree on poinng

out that construcon companies and transportaon agencies are key

players in this process. Other stakeholders menoned are the trac

police and the internaonal cooperaon authories. Furthermore, so-

called local and regional transport round tables are menoned.

Parcipants aributed to such instuons a managerial role and

regulatory services, ensuring a quality transport system, and all mat-

ters related to the construcon of road infrastructure. The role of

municipal governments is shown to be linked to the improvement

of local streets and the pernent projects must be linked to instu-

ons such as FISDL, to provide technical support to municipalies.

The users of various transport services should shoulder the respon-

sibility of monitoring compliance with regulaons and demanding

their rights, ensuring quality of service and making proposals to the

relevant authories.

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Meanwhile, the transit police should ensure compliance with the

rights of users. The round tables for local and regional transport aim

to formulate coordinated proposals to solve problems related to trans-

port, entailing a new way to manage public services which could be de-

centralized to municipalies. Companies working in the eld of trans-

port should provide a quality service and meet construcon deadlines.

To a lesser extent the virtual connecon in territories with naonal

authories and the world at large was also discussed.

As for the mechanisms proposed by parcipants, the readers at-

tenon is drawn to the creaon of civic organizaons that funcon as

supervisory enes. Societal partnership of this nature would guar-

antee joint services, ensure ecient performance in public invest-

ment and promote awareness in demanding rights and accountabil-

ity. Parcipants recommended ensuring compliance with trac laws

and regulaons as well as the safe use of the transport system. This

can be reinforced through the disseminaon of good pracces in the

transportaon services, which in turn would ensure the replicability of

these services.

In a broader context, they considered it necessary to implement

cultural change processes including user training, employers and mo-

torists and access to virtual communicaon channels. As one specic

mechanism, measures to establish an associaon of public transport

users, to help defend the rights of cizens, and ensure higher stan-

dards of service quality and transparency in the management of road

works, was also proposed.

As for infrastructure and road connecvity, parcipants proposed

an improvement and expansion of public transport, which would entail

naonalizaon of transportaon, decentralizaon of services as well

as eorts to match resources to various types of users, taking into ac-

count the specic needs of the populaon. All these measures aim to

achieve a transport system that is coordinated, organized and of ac-

ceptable quality.

Note that the parcipants stressed the importance of joint con-

necvity and accessibility to other directly related subjects, such as

public safety, the environment and health.

On the other hand, parcipants recognized communicaon as a

human right and considered internet connecvity as a key tool in dis-

tance educaon and democracy in the country, in shaping opinion and

providing an outlet for the voices of the segments of society mired in

poverty and exclusion.

Migraon

On the issue of migraon, the parcipants in the workshops high-

lighted the naonal instuons in El Salvador, such as the Ministry of

Foreign Aairsmore specically the Vice-Ministry for Salvadorans

Abroad or CONMIGRANTES and MINED. Other instuons such as the

Interior Department, the Ministry of Labour (MTPS), Safety, Health,

Agriculture, Economics, the Legislature and local governments have

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mong values, and to strengthen families or family members who

remain in the country, ensuring that both naonal and local govern-

ment can provide job opons and living condions so that people do

not need to emigrate.

The parcipants stated that the implementaon mechanisms

should be directed to coordinate incenve programs (selement)

for youth and women at local levels supported by local govern-

ments, both for people who stay in the territories and for those

returning deportees or those who are repatriated and need to be

reintegrated back into their places of origin. These programs would

be aimed at strengthening producve capacies and coexistence in

working together to create VMSALEX migraon units, along with lo-

cal governments, where informaon is provided about projects and

producon iniaves.

Emphasis was also placed on the importance of developing pre-

venon campaigns where people are given the wherewithal neces-

sary to put down roots i n their communies so as to prevent emigra-

on; and nancial educaon programs linked to Salvadorans living

abroad were also stressed. The state's role as the execung agency

of the naonal policy regarding the migraon issue is stressed, ac-

companied by eecve protecon of human rights of migrants, and

the creaon of managed migraon programs, which must also main-

stream eorts to combat human tracking.

Organised civil society conceives of migraon as a human right,

a voluntary act, not to be confused with forced displacement and

expulsion from the territory for reasons such as violence, loss of live-

lihoods and climate change impacts or family reunicaon.

It was also noted that remiances are not necessarily used as a

means to improve the living condions in the territories, despite being

highly valued as a source of support for the families who receive them.

Chapter three

There is consensus on the importance of instuons related to

children and youth, such as the Naonal Instute for Youth (Youth

Instute), the Naonal Council for Childhood and Adolescence (CON-

NA), the Salvadoran Instute for the Comprehensive Development

of Children and Adolescents (ISNA), and instuons of the educaon

system. The role of the private sector, parcularly the cooperaves,

ADEL ADESCO is also noteworthy. Parcipants aached importance

to the social sec tor, represented by NGOs, church and family.

Regarding the role that various types of instuons and local

stakeholders should take in order to address the issue of migraon,

the results are as follows. According to the round tables, the vast

majority of public instuons should play an enforcer role, promot-

ing public policies related to the dierent aspects pertaining to mi-

graon (health, economy, educaon, employment, public safety).

The responsibility of the Ministry of Interior and Territorial Develop-

ment in the various eorts on migraon is also noted, as was the role

played by MAG, MTPS, and MINEC which should act as regulators at

the country level in their respecve areas to facilitate the creaon of

decent work and contribute to eorts to reduce forced migraon.

Local governments and producve sectors were asked to sup -

port various development programs and expand the opportunies

for work, take control of the populaon that emigrates and the popu-

laon that stays behind. The MJSP should work in the area of pre-

venon and as a guarantor of the safety of the public to help retain

people in the municipalies. Instuons such as MRREE (through VM-

SALEX), LEDA, NGOs, ADESCOS, CONMIGRANTES and CONNA should

act at their respecve levels, proposing and coordinang forms of

intervenon in the territories to improve the working condions and

employability of the populaon. They stressed the need to review

and strengthen the role of the family as an enty generang and pro-


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THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGENDA

CHALLENGES

Groups and instuons consulted detected a number of factors that

may hinder eorts to achieve regional implementaon of the themes

idened in the report of the Post-2015 Naonal Development Agen-

da. Among the challenges that were highlighted in the consultaon

process are the following:

Structural challenges

Menon was made of the fact that the state apparatus complicates

coordinaon between various levels of government, which can lead

to duplicaon of eorts by the various instuons, adversely aecng

the eciency and eecveness of their programs.

This interrelaonship between the various instuons of the state,

as pointed out by representaves of the central government, is a chal-

lenge and in turn very important, especially in a country where there i s

no consolidated intermediary between the naonal and municipal lev-

el. This link between municipality, department and naonal level is sll

considered weak and should be strengthened through departmental

authories. Such acon would also make it possible to incorporate the

themes of the Post-2015 Development Agenda in each department or

municipality. The results also show the concerns expressed by the par-

cipants with regard to corrupon, bureaucracy in administraon and

a certain distrust of public processes. Parcipants in the workshops

blamed many of the current problems on the lack of polical will and

unresolved judicial proceedings.

With direct relevance to the localizing of the Post-2015 Develop-

ment Agenda, a potenal problem arises because 9 themes resulng

from the consultaons are broad issues and there are many enes

working on these issues as menoned, thus there is the risk of poor

coordinaon between stakeholders. Finally, economic problems linked

to public nances and the need to plan for the allocaon of funds to

address agenda-related themes were duly addressed.

Cultural challenges

Virtually all pares involved agreed to say that the MDGs are unfamil-

iar to much of the populaon surveyed, or at least the knowledge they

have about them is very basic. To prevent this from recurring with the

Post- 2015 Calendar, parcipants believe that it is necessary for there

to be a ow of informaon on the subject that will make it possible to

monitor their progress and design a monitoring system to keep track

of the themes associated with Post-2015 Development Agenda and en-

sure ongoing evaluaon of their compliance.

At a broader level, the results of the consultaons showed great

concern for educaon, considering that despite the eorts that have

been made by the Government of El Salvador, a quantave and quali-

tave decit in this area persists. One consequence of this state of

aairs is the lack of empowerment of the people and their low par-

cipaon in decision- making processes. In this regard, the readers at-

tenon is drawn to the determinaon evidenced by the sectors of civil

society to parcipate in the polical process, since in almost all cases

they highlighted the low parcipaon that occurs today.

The Post-2015 Calendar workshops, besides showcasing the topic,

have added value to the process, as they have familiarized the people

consulted regarding the MDGs and the possibilies for inuencing is-

sues of interest to the populaon that lives and grows in the territo -

ries. To achieve this, it is necessary to increase free-owing commu-

nicaon and transmission of knowledge of the resoluons adopted at

the naonal and internaonal levels, as well as their implementaon

in the territories. In this regard, the need for a coordinang body for

collecng and highlighng the contribuons of civil society was con-

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Finally, a pending task for all parcipants in the consultaon

process is to spotlight segments of the populaon and groups tradi-

onally excluded from the public sphere. Specically in the case of

women, we can stress the need to mainstream gender in the Agenda

and naonal plans, and through public policies and implementaon

of programs that promote greater equality and jusce in society.

ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN

Parcipang groups were requested to propose acons to ensure

that naonal and local ownership is in place when implemenng the

themes of the report for El Salvador.

The proposals were varied, but in many cases were in tune. For

example, one of the themes present in all consultaons was the need

for eecve planning and strategy in order to achieve development

through the coordinaon of the various naonal and local instu-

ons with a strong emphasis on the role of municipalies. This co-

ordinaon would recapitulate the issues of the Agenda in naonal,

departmental and municipal plans to establish mechanisms to moni-

tor these plans and the Agenda it self. Moreover, parcipants felt that

although the contribuon of the naonal or local government is im-

portant, it must always be accompanied by societal parcipaon.

In the same vein, representaves of indigenous peoples, youth,

women and people with disabilies should be considered when pro-

mong mechanisms for parcipaon by civil society, as social su-

pervision or monitoring commiees. Government instuons con-

rmed the need for the country to be part of the process and noted

that "the scheme from the territorial level is more comprehensive,

as it is constructed according to the mulplicity of stakeholders that

make up the municipality." Therefore, they proposed the desirabil-

ity of grass-roots representave commiees, cemenng a sustain-

able future.

To ensure that the subjects associated with the Post-2015 Time-

table can extend to both the naonal and local levels, it is important

to ensure that eorts are made to engage in the process a wide variety

of stakeholders and instuons that reect the feelings of the people

and convey this consensus to decision makers. The need to publicize

and disseminate the Agenda was one of the most recurrent issues in

both regional workshops and academia surveys and interviews with

key instuons.

Also clear was the requirement that the models proposed in the

Millennium Development Goals, as well as any internaonal iniave,

must be consistent with Salvadoran realiesi.e., not simply trans-

ferring mechanical models that were successful in other countries. It

was rightly pointed out that "execuve programs must respond to the

needs and problems posed by the populaon, because when a pro-

gram is created from the desktop, it not usually the most appropri-

ate." According to the results, essenal to ensure the sustainability of

the themes of the Agenda, a key step is geng people to take owner-

ship of the process. People must feel not only that these acvies are

benecial, but something they deserve according to their rights. This

requires awareness among all sectors of society to ensure that public

policies emanang from the territories reect the voice of the people

who have not tradionally been involved in such processes.

Another signicant point had to do with the commitment of naon-

al and local instuons regarding the implementaon of the post-2015

Development Agenda. In the opinion of the parcipants, this process

should enhance coordinaon between these levels, together with civil

society stakeholders and other agents of development. It was proposed

to implement the procedures for starng a tax reform that will beer

serve the municipalies and populaon. A need was also expressed

to establish mechanisms for coordinaon, monitoring and frameworks

of understanding with the naonal government regarding the localiza-

on of the Agenda. Finally, local governments were requested, along

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with the naonal government, not to let ideology interfere with their

polical pares and constute an obstacle to understanding. Success

lies, according to the consultaon, in a commitment to seng ideology

aside to work together on development issues, as ocials take oce.

CAPACITY BUILDING

During the consultaon process, the parcipang stakeholders were

asked what capabilies should be strengthened or created to ensure

the implementaon of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. One of

the responses was widely repeated: strengthening the organizaonal

capacies of the central government and local governments. Such ca-

pacity building would lead to more ecient management of state re-

sources and beer coordinaon between the two exisng polical and

administrave levels in El Salvador.

On the one hand the creaon of some form of regional coordina-

on mechanism to help dene priories was suggested. In addion,

according to some stakeholders, the soluon is not to create new

layers of bureaucracy, but knowing how to use exisng ones. They

stressed the importance of having commiees with representaon

from municipalies ADESCO, as well as any other manifestaon of the

economic and social sector to coordinate the various social programs.

The creaon and strengthening of these instuons with truly local

roots, according to parcipants, will serve to reduce reliance on the

so-called "welfare state mentality" on the part of both the central and

local government.

Parcipants argued that in order to encourage development in the

context of the issues of the new agenda, it is necessary to create a

culture and a dialogue that foster linkages and establish consensus.

Following this approach, there must be willingness on the part of state

instuons to listen and integrate the needs and demands of the pop-

ulaon into the naonal public agenda. Such informaon can be gen-

erated by exisng means, as menoned, or new machinery, but in any

case, it must achieve the alignment of the instuons of government

and civil society with a view to building policies. Parcipants stated

that these mechanisms should be inclusive and ensure the parcipa-

on of marginalized groups, as well as

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